Filing device for talking-machine records.



F. O. WILKING.

FILING DEVICE FOR TALKING MACHINE RECORDS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 26. |917.

, Patented Sept. 10, 1918.

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FRANK 0. WILKING, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

FILING DEVICE FOR TALKING-MACHINE RECORDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 10, 1918.

Application filed October 26, 1917. Serial No. 198,617.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK O. WILKING, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Indianapolis, county of Marion, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Filing Device for rlalking- Machine Records; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters refer to like parts.

This invention relates to improvements in filing devices for talking machine records and the prime objectof the invention is to provide a cheap, strong and durable form of receptacle or drawer in which tallng machine records may be stored and preserved against breakage or other injury.

Another feature of the invention is to provide insert sheets of material on which are placed lettered tabs so that the records may be alphabetically arranged. A further feature of the invention is the provision of blocks at the forward corners of the drawers which prevent the records and insert sheets from becoming misplaced, said blocks also holding the insert sheets away from the front end of the drawer so that the fingers can be readily inserted to gain access to any preferred record.

Another feature of the invention is the provision of an extension at the rear end of the drawer which serves to strengthen the walls of the drawer as well as prevent the records and insert sheets from extending above the walls of the drawer or casually leaving the same.

The full nature of the invention will be understood from the accompanying drawings and the following description and claim.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a portion of a cabinet with two of the drawers introduced therein. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the drawer removed from the cabinet showing the normal position of the insert sheets and records. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the forward end of the drawer showing the manner in which the corner blocks limit the forward movement of the records and insert sheets. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view as seen on line lr-4 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views 1 indicates a cabinet which may be of any preferred structure in which is placed a plurality of partition walls 2, said walls being adapted to receive a plurality of drawers 3.

:In this invention the drawers are preferably formed of paper or other light fiber material and are designed primarily for storing talking machine records or disks 4 and in order to alphabetically arrange the disks so that any desired disk may be selected, a plurality of insert sheets 5 are provided for each drawer, each insert sheet having at its forward edge a tab 6 on which is placed a letter of the alphabet. In the present instance there are four insert sheets shown positioned in the drawer, the tabs ofwhich contain the letters A, B, C and D respectively and by placing disks containing y names beginning with the letter shown upon the individual tab, below the insert sheet containing the tab, it is a very simple matter to locate such record when it is desired to place the same in the talking machine.

In order to hold the insert sheets and records spaced away from the front wall of the drawer so that the fingers can be readily inserted to grasp any one of the tabs, a box like structure or block 7 is placed at each forward corner of the drawer so that should the insert sheets and records move forwardly, they will strike against the blocks and be limited in their forward movement, the extent of the blocks being such as to stop the forward movement of the insert sheets before the tabs come in contact with the forward wall of the drawer.

As the blocks are securely attached to the front and side walls and to the bottom wall of the drawer they not only serve to limit the forward movement of the insert sheets and records, but also greatly strengthen the drawer.

In order to reinforce the rear end of the drawer and at the same time provide means for preventing the rear end of the insert sheets and records from leaving the drawer, an extension 8 is placed at the upper edge of the drawer and extending the full length of the rear wall thereof and is secured to the rear and side walls. By forming the extension in this manner it will be readily seen that it will project over the rear end of the insert sheets and records but does not interfere with the introduction of the sheets and records into the drawer and the removal thereof.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a very efficient means for storing records and 2 p 1,278,539 Y Y one that can be very cheaply constructed and like structures at its forward corners, said yet rendered -,strong and durable. will boX like struotures ,extendingv into the 1o likewise 'be seen that instead ofl placing .the drawer, and a reinforcing strip at the rear drawers in a cabinet they eainifso desired, upper edge of the drawer.

5 loe stacked one upon the other and thus be .v .ln witness whereof, I have hereunto afused Without 4requiring a cabinet fixed my signature. The invention claimed is l p A In a filing device, a drawer having box 'Y t FRANK O. WILKING.

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